Guardiola wears his Hart on sleeve
BOSS HAPPY WITH BRAVO AND CABALLERO England keeper in fine form on loan for Torino in Italy.
Pep Guardiola has indicated that England goalkeeper Joe Hart’s Manchester City career is over, regardless of how well he performs at Torino. Hart has impressed in Serie A since his arrival on a season’s loan in August, having been frozen out by Guardiola.
The City manager decided on his arrival at the club last July that Hart was not suited to a possession-based style of football.
Claudio Bravo was brought in from Barcelona as Hart’s replacement, but the Chilean international has been unconvincing, losing his place to Willy Caballero, the veteran back-up goalkeeper, in recent weeks.
Yet asked if there was any chance of Hart coming back, Guardiola shook his head and said: “I’m so happy with Willy and Claudio.”
He has made clear that he would be content to go forward with Bravo and Caballero as his two goalkeepers next season. It would mean sorting out a new contract for the Argentine, 35, whose agreement runs out in June.
“We are going to decide in the last months of the season,” Guardiola said.
On the possibility of signing another goalkeeper this summer, Guardiola added: “I will decide about that at the end of the season. I trust a lot in both and we’ll decide – not just about the goalkeepers, the midfielders, wingers, strikers, full-backs. We are going to decide at the end of the season.” – AFP